Tuesday 6 December 2011

Prisoners Swap: Hamas handed over Gilad Sahlit to Egyptian Authorities(Mian Shakeel Aslam)

Mian Shakeel Aslam---An Israeli television broadcast the first images of the free Israeli soldier GiladShalit on Tuesday, show wearing a black baseball cap and gray shirt, while being escorted by masked men.


Israel said the brief video from Channel 2 of the Egyptian state television. It was the first video of Gilad Shalit since 2009.

In the video, Shalit appeared pale and thin, but healthy. He was held in both arms and escorted by a group of masked men in civilian clothes and a white van.

Palestinian prisoners bus were also beginning to move from Israel to Egypt en route to Gaza. The leaders of the Red Cross and Egypt are involved in facilitating the movement of prisoners.

Israel must release Palestinian prisoners to 477, with witnesses and a first batch to reach Gaza. Another 550 Palestinians were scheduled to be releasedlater this year in a prisoner exchange agreement, which is to develop a series of releases in stages, each triggering the next.

Mahmoud Zahar, Hamas leader in Gaza, before a text message sent to theAssociated Press saying that the militant group had officially become Shalit, who was 19 at the time of his capture and is now 25.

"The captured soldier transfer process is underway," said Abu Mujahid, Hamasally group, the Popular Resistance Committees, helped capture Shalit in across-border raid in June 2006.

A Hamas military source told Reuters that Shalit was taken across the borderfrom the Gaza Strip in the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, where he was handed over to Egyptian authorities, which led to Israel's Vineyard border crossing Peace ina short distance along a deserted road.

Posted By: Mian Shakeel Aslam 

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44940342/ns/world_news-mideast_n_africa/t/israeli....Tp1A9ZuPX-U

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